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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Looking to the future: South African men and women negotiating HIV risk and relationship intimacy
Culture, Health and Sexuality, Volume 13, No. 5, Year 2011
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Description
This paper examines the approaches heterosexual men and women in South Africa use to engage their partners in discussions of HIV and risk factors in their relationships. These strategies entail balancing the risks of infection while managing the challenges of maintaining a relationship. In a context in which there is a great deal of insecurity in relationships it is especially challenging to discuss HIV risks with partners. Our findings reveal that concerns about children or the desire to have children provided a legitimate basis for discussing HIV risk with partners. The focus of these discussions is on the future for their children. Research in South Africa should attend to men's and women's desires to have and to raise children. HIV prevention and treatment programmes can capitalise on concerns regarding children, and the future of the family, to engage men and women in discussing mutually acceptable strategies for preventing infection and ensuring safe conception. © 2011 Taylor & Francis.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mindry, Deborah L.
United States, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Maman, Suzanne
United States, Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chirowodza, Admire C.
South Africa, Pretoria
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Muravha, Tshifhiwa
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Van-Rooyen, Heidi E.
South Africa, Pretoria
Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa
Coates, Thomas J.
United States, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
Statistics
Citations: 35
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/13691058.2011.560965
ISSN:
13691058
e-ISSN:
14645351
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Locations
South Africa
Participants Gender
Male
Female